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APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF WORK PRODUCERS OPERATING IN PARALLEL.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2I| I9I5.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDEBIC B. C. BOYD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO MATTHEW C. EBRUSH, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ONE-THIRD TO JAMES H. NEAL, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF WORK-PRODUCERS OPERATING IN PARALLEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12', 19.20.

Application filed April 21, 1916. Serial No. 92,753.

7'0 all whom it ma concern."

Be it known that FREDERIU R. C. Born, a. citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Imrovement in A paratus for Controlling the peration of ork-Rroducers ()peratingin Parallel, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to apparatus for controlling the operation of a plurality of energy or work producers or converters operating in parallel and hereinafter termed work producers, and has for its object to provide means responsive to variations in the relative output or input of the said work'producers, for automatically effecting and if desired maintaining a balance in the relation between the same.

The invention is especially adapted among other uses, to be employed for controlling the output of alternating current generators driven by steam or other elastic fluid turbines, the latter being connected with high and low pressure fluid supplies, and in the present instance, I have ,illustrated. the invention in connection with steam turbine electric generators, one of which is connected with the high 'ressure steam supply only, and the other of which is connected both to the variable low pressure steam supply and to the high pressure steam supply, said generators operating in parallel to. supply single phase alternating current to the same electric circuit, which will be hereinafter referred to as the main line or working cir cuit, so that when the load on the line or working circuit varies, this variation will be automatically distributed to the electric generators in the desired or proper proportions to effect the balance desired, or when the supply of low ressure steam varies and thereby disturbs t e balance previously existing the desired balance will be restored and if desired maintained.

Turbine electric generators working in parallel are now used for supplying current to the same electric circuit, and the turbines of said generators are now pro vided with governors, which are responsive to the speed of the turbines and operate suitable valves for controlling the supply of high and low pressure steam to the turbines, and these governors are now generally adjusted by electric motors which are controlled by an operator, commonly at the station containing the turbine generators.

The manual control of the governormotors is unsatisfactory, for the reason that with varying station loads or with'varying amounts of low pressure steam available for the low pressure turbine or both, the operator is called upon to make frequent re-adjustments of the governors.

In accordance with the present invention, the governor motor for the low pressure turbine, and if desired also that for the high pressure turbine, is automatically controlled by means, which is responsive to variations in the relative output or input of the work producers, namely, the turbine driven electric generators, said means acting to operate the governor motor of one and if desired of both work producers, so as to effect and if desired maintain the proper balance of the current supplied to the main line by said turbine generators.

One form of such means, which may and preferably will be preferred,consists of a diffcrentially wound solenoid, whose armature or core is olarized and operatively connected with tie movable member of a circuit controller, which controls the circuit of the governor motor or motors, as will be described.

This form of controlling means will be hereinafter referred to as a stabilizer and may be constructed so that both turbine generators may carry equal loads or it may be arranged so that the total load may be apportioned as desired between both generators.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing a circuit controller which is supply pipe of the low pressure turbine genorator and which may he used to control the governor motor directly or indirectly through the stabilizer as will be described.

These and other features of this inven tion will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this speciiicalion.

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view ol an ap )aratus embodying this invention. I

l ig. 2, an enlarged detail in elevation and diagram of a portion of the apparatus shown inFig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, a, I), represent the line wires of a single phase main line or working circuit, leading from a power house or central station, containing current generators o, d, which may be of any suit able construction and for the purpose of this case may be supposed to be turbine driven geherators, such as now commonly used in power houses and central stations.

The turbine driven generator 0 may be considered a low pressure unit, that is one in which the turbine is operated by low and high pressure steam, and the turbine driven generator d may be considered a. high pressure unit.

"The turbo-generators c, d, are provided with the usual speed responsive governors for controlling the steam inlet valves for the said generators, which governors are adjustable by electric motors, operatively connected with the said governors. In Fig. l, I have represented the electric motor a, which 'is operatively connected with the governor controlling the valve or valves of the low pressure turbine c, and the electric motor f for the governor of the high pres sure turbine d.

In Fig. 1, I have also illustrated one form of operative connection between the arms; ture shaft 10 of the governor motor 6 and the governor 12 controlling the valves 13, 14, which control the supply of low and high pressure steam respectively to the low pressure turbine c, which latter, as commonly used, has provision for utilizing high pressure steam and which is sometimes referred to as a mixed pressure turbine, although its primary purpose is to utilize low pressure steam and therefore is commonly known as a low pressure turbine.

As shown in Fig. 1, the governor 12 has its lever 16 connected at one end toa spring 17, which is capable of being extended by a collar 18 on a threaded rod 1.9 provided with a worm gear 20, which. is rotated by a worm 21 on the armature shaft 10 of the motor e. Rotation of the armature shaft 10 in one direction causes the spring 17 to be extended, thereby externally loading the governor and causing it to operate the valves 13, 14, so as to suppl an increased quantit of steam to the low pressure turbine c, and rotation of said armature .inthe opposite direction permits the spring 17 to contract, thereby externally unloading the governor and causing it to operate the valves 13, 14-, so as to reduce the quantit of steam supplied to the low pressure tur ine. The low and high pressure valves 13, 14, in practice, are arranged so that the low pressure valve opens substantially its full distance before the high pressure valve starts to open.

The governor motor e in accordance with this invention is automatically controlled by means responsive to the relative output of the turbo-generators, and one form or con strnction of such means comprises a differentially wound electromagnet in the form of a solenoid 25, provided with a polarized armature or core 26. One winding or coil 27 of the solenoid 25 is connected in circuit with the high pressure steam driven generator d, and the other winding or coil 28 is connected in circuit with the low pressure steam driven generator 0, and said coils oppose each other and for the purpose of illustration may be supposed to be of equal strength. The core 26 is operatively connected with a circuit controller or Switch, which controls the circuit of the governor motor e, and may be polarized by a coil 126 on it, which coil is connected with the circuit of the generator cl. In the present instance, the switch is shown as two movable contact members 30, 31, which are secured to wearrier 32, attached to the core 26 to move therewith. The contact members 30, 31, cooperate with two sets of terminals or stationary contact members, one set comprising two terminals 33, 34, and the other set, two terminals 35, 3G. The sets of stationary con: tact members are secured to a suitable base or block 37, preferably of insulatin rial, and are located thereon so that t o movable members 30, 31, are located between them. The governor mot/or e is designed to be connected in circuit with a suitable source of current supply by said switch, so as to r itate. the armature shaft 10 of said motor in opposite directions acoording to which set of stationary contact members, the movable contact members 30, 31, engage.

In the present instance, the source'of current supply is represented by the control line wires 40, 41, which may be considered positive and negative control line wires. One of the movable contact members as'31 is connected by wire 42 with the positive wire 44!, and the other member 30 is connected by wire 43 with the negative wire 41. The stationary contact members 33, 36, are connected by wires 44, 45, 144 with one brush 46 of the motor 8, and the contact members 34, 35, are connected by wires 47, 48, 148,

with the other brush 49 of the motor e.

In W the present instance, the wire 144 inmatedescribed."

cludes a motor SOfora purpose as will-be By reference to Fig. 1,it will be seen that when the solenoid 25 is energized so as to move the contact memberfsflBO, 31, into engagement with the stationary contact memfbers 33, 34; the circuit of the motor ewill be closed, and current will flow in one'directi'on through-said motor'so as to revolve its armature shaft :10 in one direction. This circuit may be traced as follows: from the positive wire 40 by wire 42 to movable contactmem' ber- 31, thence by "the stationary contact member34 and wire -47, 148,150 brush'49 of the motor- '6, thence through said inot'or, brush 46, wire 144, motor 50-, and wiie'44to movable contact member 30 and wire'43 bad to the negative wire 41. When the Solenoid is energizedso that the contact members 30, 31, are movedintden gagement'with the stationarycontact menu bers 35, 36,1the'circuit through the motor'fe is completed so that the current flows in"- the reverse direction, and'the armature'shaftqo is rotated in the reverse direction.

' The circuit through' jthe motor *6 in this case, maybe traced as follows:-froin the positive wire 40 by wire 42 to movable contact member 31, thence by stationary contat member 36, wire 45, motor 50,"wire l lA-to brush 46, thencetiirough motor 'brush L49; Wires 148, 48, contact members 35, and wire 43 to'negative wire 41.

It will be observed=thatthe movablecontact members 30, 31, are moved in one direction into engagement with the stationary contactmembers 33,34, when the'core 26 is attracted by the coil 27,'which takes place when the condition of the main line circuit is such that the current output of the high pressure generator d predominates or overbalances the current output of the low pressure generator 0, whereas when this condition is reversed and the current output of the low pressure generator 0 predominates, the core 26 is moved in the opposite direction by the coil 28, and the movable contact mem-i here 30,- 31; are moved into engagement with the stationary contactmembers 35, 36, When the current output of both generators 0, d,'is equal, then both coils 27,28, attract the core equally in opposite directions and a balanced condition is obtained, and the movable contact members 30, =31, are disengaged from both sets of stationary contact mem- I hers, after the manner represented in Fig. 1,

and at such time, the governor motor 6 is inactive. 1

In operation with the stabilizer as thus far described, let it be assumed that when the core of the solenoid 25 is moved upward to close-the-circuit ofthe motor e-between the contacts 30, 31, 33, 34, that the motor 0 runs in the proper"- dii'ection'" to speed up the governor oi the generator c',=and when the core is" movedldownward th close the 'jcircuit o f the motore between: the contact members 130, 31', 35', 36, themotor 'e' runs illthfi proper d rection to slow down the governor of the genemitterci r i Now irre'spectivemf the total station load, it both generators '*e,"'dr, g are contributing equal outputs to'-thefmain line ayb the-'net pull mane diifer'entihl" solenoid core or armature is new; I and the movable contact memberbr. membei's r'emain in mid-positicnjm show-n in Figfilz' lfg torany reasenpthe output of the high 'p'ressuire turbine gnerat nd becomes greater han that/ ofi the lewx' ressure turbine genrator' eythe efiect 16 its coil 27 becomes 'gre'ater -th'anj thelefi'eet of the 'ooilf28' 'of the low pressure turbine -generator c, causing the annature'tr corefle tojmoveupwardand close th' circifi t of theF'gb'veI-nor motor "6, and thereby start theilhttei in; the proper directioh 'td "speed up-= the governor of the =low==pr$sur turbine g'eneraier w in lss 'ot hmvise breventewthe {armat re or core 26 will remain up until the unbalance in the outputs of the gnerators "c,'d; is c'omleterg overcomemn this might'result in *overdoin ene deeircd I action? as a result offwhi'ch the solenoid would become urt balanced fdownwarii eaas'ifig the operation to be reversed, and the' 'continuation of these operations would result in What might he adjusting screws 152,153. "Another method 1 is to mount-the block or base 37 carrying the movable oontacts on a screw '54, which is driven by-the motor '50 inseries with the governor motor e toact as a follow up device, that is, to move the block 37 and the h contacts 33,34;, in 'adirection awa from the contacts30,-31yas the relation of t e coils127 approaches the'ibalanced condition:- *Pr'o' vision is also made for manually moving the block 37- to adjust the relation'fof the contacts, which may efl'ected independently of the governor adjustment, byv'providing the screw'rod'fi with a hand wheel 70.

If desired, the motorf may be used in connection with-the governor of the high pressure turbinegenerator d, and controlled by a-circuit controller which may be desig nated by the'member 60, as it is a duplicate of the circuit controller used with the motor c, and the motor may be connected with its circuit control r in such manner as to act reversely to the motor e, that is, to slow down the governor of the generator d when the governor of the generator 0 is speeded up," and vice versa.

It may be desirable to have both the high and low pressure units cl, 0, arranged to carry at all times equal loads, but it is not desired to limit the invention in this respect, as it may be desired to have either unit carry a proportionate amount of the load, that is, the total load may be apportioned between the two units 0, d in any predetermined amount b means 0 adjustable shunts 61, 62, in eit er or both legs of the circuit containing the generators c, d, or in any other suitable manner, as by varying the number of active turns 'in the coils 27, 28, of the solenoid. The levers of the shunts 61, 62, or either, of them, may be o erated manually or under certain conditions automatically, as, for example, as illustrated in the present instance by variation in the pressure of the low pressure steam supplied to the low pressure turbine generator 0.

In the present instance, it may be desirable to have one of the work producers, as, for instance, the low pressure roducer c capable of carrying more than its propor tionate share of the load, in order to utilize all of the low pressure steam available, and for this purpose, I'.have provided means actuated by the low pressure steam for varying the operation of the stabilizer or of the speed res )onsive governor of the low pressure producer, for a purpose as will be described.

To this end I employ a circuit controller having its movable member res )onsive to an increase in pressure of the ow pressure steam which member controls an electric circuit and effects the operation of the motor e. The efl'ect upon the motor 6 as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is indirect.

When the indirect method, which may be used in conjunction with the other elements of the stabilizer as described herein, is employed, a small motor 114 is employed, whose armature shaft 113 is provided with a worm 112 engaging a segmental gear 110, whereby the position of the lever 104 for the shunt 61 may be varied.

The motor 114 is controlled b the contact arm 86 attached to a stem or re 88,.fastened to ajdiaphragm 89, (see Fi 2) forming part of a fitting 90, which is included in the supply pipe 91 for the low pressure valve 13. The diaphragm 89 responds to variations in pressuie of the steam in the supply pipe 91, and moves the contact arm 86 carrymg the movable contacts 230, into enga ement with the upper fixed contacts 233, 23 or the lower fixed contacts 235, 236.

When thecontact arm 86 is in an intermediate position, as shown, no current flows through any ortion of the circuit of the motor 114, wiich latter remains at rest.-

102, 402, to stationary contact member 233,

thence by movable contact member 230 and wire 243 through limiting switch .83, 82, to be referred to later, and by wire 405 back to the negative wire 41.

When the contact arm 86 moves into its lower contact position, the circuit as formed is such as to cause the current to pass through the motor 114 in the opposite direction to that just described, thereby reversing the direction of the motor 114 and consequently of the movement of the arm 104 over the shunt 61. This circuit may be traced as follows :'from positive wire 40, by wire 400, contacts 231, 236, wire 102, motor 114, wire 101, contacts 235, 230, wire 243, switch 83, 82, and wire 405 to negative wire 41. In the present instance the circuit of the motor 114 is shown as provided with a switch 503.

As the pressure of the steam in the supply pipe 91 increases or decreases beyond a predetermined value, the contact arm, 86 causes contact to be made either upward or downward, thereby causing the motor 114 to rotate in one direction or the other. The operation of the motor 114 by varying the shunt resistance 61, in turn varies the relative strength of the effective pull of the winding 28 on the differential solenoid 25, thereby in turn causing the motor e to operate in the desired direction to increase or decrease the proportion of the total load being carried by the main low pressure turbine generator 0.

i The contacts 82, 83, form a limiting switch or circuit controller, which may be operated by an arm 115 on the stem 116 of the low pressure valve 13, so as to open the circuit of the motor e and preventcausing the low pressure valve 13 to be moved beyond its wide open position, which if permitted would start to open' the hi h pressure valve 14, which is not desired un er the conditions referred to, that is, when the motor e is to be operated in response to changes in the conditions in the low pressure steamsu ply. It will be understood that when the imt lever 104 is operatively connected with the thermostat or pressure device in the supply pressure valve 13, the arm 115 is arranged to engage the member 82 of the limiting switch, but when said thermostat or pressure device is not used in the supply pipe 91 for the low pressure valve, the arm 115' may be removed from the stem 116 or may be turned thereon so as not to act on the; switch member 82.

I have described the controlling apparatus or stabilizer, as I prefer to call it, as used in connectionwith a high and a low pressure turbine, but it is not desired to limit the invention to the particular form of energy or work producer or converter herein shown, as it is applicable for use with other forms pipe 91 for the low of speed responsive mechanism, such, for 1nstance, as water wheels,gas engines, or with any kinds of prime movers or other apparatusworking in parallel, whether similar or dissimilar, and whether located relatively near together or widely separated, as, for example, in the case of a hydro-electric plant at a distance, operating in parallel with a steam or oil engine plant.

In the present instance, I have illustrated the invention in its. simplest form, as might be applied to two small sin is phase generaltors of moderate voltage, sired to limit the invention in this respect, for. when used with larger generators, proportional currents as derived from current transformers may be used in the difierential solenoid. When used with polyphase generators, the output of one phase or several couldbe used, and in high voltage generators, the excitation of the polarized armature could be derived from a potential transformer, and suitable dash pots may be use with said armature and elsewhere to avoid too sudden movement if desired. These various devices are well known and their uses fully understood, and consequently it is deemed unnecessary to illustrate the same.

Claims. 7

1. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, a plurality of turbine electric enerators, a circuit with which both oi ,sai generators are connected in parallel, a speed responsive governor for one of said generators, anelectric motor for varying the o eration of said overnor, a circuit control or for said electric motor, a difi'erentially wound electromagnet havin opposing coils connected in circuit with sai generators, and a polarized armature for said magnet operativel connected with said circuit controller to e cot movement of the same to control the operation of said electric motoriandfrmovable by a variation in relative stre hs of the coils of said electromagnet w on a variation occurs in the relative output of current by said generators,

2. In an apparatus of the character deat it is not described, in combination, a plurality of turbine electric generators,acircuit with which both of said generators are connected in parallel, a speed responsive governor for one of said generators, an electric motor for varying the operation of said governor, a circuit controller for said electric motor, and means for operating said circuit controller to control the operation of said electric motor, said means being responsive to said generators individually and rendered active by a variation in the relative output of the current by said generators to operate said circuit controller.

3. In an ap aratus of the character described, in com ination, a plurality of work producers, speed responsive devices therefor, an electric motor for varying the operation of one of said speed responsive devices, a circuit controller for said electric motor, and means for operating said circuit controller to control the o eration of said electric m0- tor, said means eing responsive to said work producers individually and rendered active by variations in the relative output of said work producers to operate said circuit controller and eiiect and maintain a desired balance between the said work producers.

a. The combination with a plurality of apparatus working in parallel, one of which is a low pressure turbine generator, of a stabilizer responsive to variations in the relative output of the said apparatus for automatically effecting a desired balance in the relation between said apparatus, a speed responsive governor for said low pressure turbine generator, a motor for varying the operation of said governor, and means responsive to variations in the conditions in the supfply pipe for said low pressure generator or automatically afi'ecting said stabilizer.

5. The combination with a plurality of apparatus working in arallel, one of which is a low pressure tur ine generator, of a stabilizer responsive to variations in the relative output of the said apparatus for automatically effecting a desired balance in the relation between said apparatus, a speed res onsive governor for said low pressure tur inc generator, a motor for varying the operation of said governor, a circuit controller responsive to variations in the conditions in the supply pipe for said low pressure generator for automatically ailecting the said motor through the medium of the said stabilizer.

6. The combination with a plurality of apparatus working in arallel, one of which is a low pressure tur ine generator, of a stabilizer responsive to variations in the relative output of the said apparatus for automatically effecting a desired balance in the relation between said apparatus, a speed responsive governor for said low pressure turbine generator, a motor for varying the operation of said governor, and a circuit controller responsive to variations in the conditions in the supply pipe for said low pressure generator for automatically aflect in said motor.

The combination with a low pressure turbine generator having a supply pipe, of a circuit controiler provided with a movable member which is operatively connected with the supply pipe of the said turbine generator to be moved solely in response to variations in the conditions in tire said suppl pipe, a speed responsive governor for said low pressure turbine generator, and a motor for varying the operation of said governor, said motor being contro lied by an responsive to the individual opcrationoif said circui't controlier.

8. The combination a low pressure turbine generator iravinga supply pipe, of a circuit controller provided with a movable member which is operativel connected with the supply pipe of the sai turbine genera tor to be moved in response to -variations in the conditions in the said supply pipe, at speed responsive governor for said low pressure turbine generator, a motor to uperate said governor, a stabilizer governing the operation of said motor, a shunt circuit for said stabilizer, and a motor veining said shunt and controlled by said circuit controlier.

9. The combination with a low pressure turbine generator havin a sup'piy pipe, of a circuit controller provi ed with a movable member which is operatively connected with the supply pipe of the said turbine genera tor to so moved in response to variations in the conditions in the said supply pipe, a speed responsive governor for said lost pressure turbine generator, a motor to o erate said governor, a stabilizergoverning'te operation of said motor, an means governed by said circuit'controlier for afiecting the operation of said stabilizer.

10. The combination with a low pressure turbine generator having asupply pipe, and a high pressure turbine generator working in parailel with said low pressure turbine generator, a speed responsive governor for one of said generators, an electric motor for operating said governor, and a circuit controller responsive soleiy to variations in the conditions in the supply. pipe forsa'id low pressure turbine generator and controlling said motor to cause the latter to respond to the conditions in the sup ily pipe independentiy of extraneous con tions,

11. In an apparatus o'f thec'haracter described, in combinatiom'a high pressure turbine generator, a low pressure turbine generator, a circuit with which both of said generators are connected in parallel, a speed responsive governor for said low pressure turbine generator, a motor for varying the operation of said governor, and means responsive solely to variations in the conditions in the supply pipe for said low pressure generator for automatically afl'ecting said motor and independently of extraneous conditions.

12. The combination with a iow pressure turbine generator having a supply pipe, a speed responsive governor for said iow pressure turbine generator, a motor for varying the operation of said governor, and a circuit control'ler for said. motor responsive solely to the conditions in said supply pipe alone and independently of the high pressure functioning of said low pressure turbine to cause the circuit of the motor to be completely closed or opened and the motor to be started or stopped according to said variations.

13. The combination with a low pressure turbine generator havnrg a supply pipe, a speed responsive governor for said iow pressure turbine generator, a motor for varying the o oration of said governor, a circuit controler for said motor responsive to'tne conditions in said supplyp'ipe to Cause the drauit of the motor to be com lately closed or opened "and the motor to e started or stopped according to said variations, and electricaliy operated means ior opening the circuit of the cirou'it controlier when the conition in the supply pipe which caused the closing of the circuit controller has been changed as desired.

14. The combmation with a low pressure turbine generator having a supply pipe, a speed responsive governor for said dew pressure turbine, a motor for raryingtheoperation of said governor, a circuit controller for said motor responsive to a condition in the said supply pipe to alftomatically close the circuit of the motor, and means for'a'tftomatically opening the circuit of the motor when the condition in the supply pipe-which caused the closing of the motor circuit has been hanged as desired.

15. The combination with a low pressure turbine generator having a supply pipe, a high pressure turbine generator working in par'ailel with said lop pressure turbine genorator a speed responsive governor for one of said generators, an 'electric'anotor for operating sa'id governor, and a circuit eontro'ller for said motor responsive to variations in the conditions in the'supply pipe for said low pressure turbine enerator to cause the motor to be operate independently of the high pressure turbinegenerator.

T6. The combination "with a iow pressure turbine generator having a supply pipe, a

speed responsive governor for said low prestion of said governor, a circuit controller 15 sure turbine, a motor for varying the opera for said motor having a member responsive tion of said governor, means governing the to a condition in the said supply pipe to auoperation of said motor and responsive to tomatically close the circuit of the said moa condition in the said supply pipe to autotor, and having a second member cooperatmatioally start the motor in operation, and ing With the first-mentioned member, and 20 means for automatically rendering the said means responsive to the closed condition of motor inactive when the condition in the the circuit of said motor to operate said seesaid supply p'pe which rendered the motor ond member and open the circuit of said moactive has been changed as desired. tor to prevent hunting.

17. The combination with a low pressure In testimony whereof, I have signed my 25 turbine generator having a supply pipe, a name to this specification. speed responsive governor for said low pressure turbine, a motor for varying the opera- FREDERIC R. C. BOYD. 

